Our featured impact stories show the role of linked data in health and human services research in Australia across a broad range of topics from cancer and child protection to surgery and safety.
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Urban greening for health
On average, someone is hospitalised for a heart attack every 9 minutes, according to the National Heart…
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Uncovering the extent of endometriosis
Research is providing new insights into this crippling and hard-to-diagnose condition. Recent boosts to research funding…
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Stopping respiratory virus spread
During the colder months, soaring cases of respiratory viruses push hospital emergency departments around Australia to…
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Understanding road crash injuries
Unfortunately, thousands of Australians are injured or die in road crashes every year. Road crashes resulted…
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Reducing the dialysis travel burden
According to Kidney Health Australia three in four Australians are at risk of developing kidney disease.…
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Breaking the cycle
Data linkage is helping researchers understand the lifelong impact of child abuse and neglect, and how…
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Bridging the gap in cancer care
Living in Australia, there is about a one in two chance you will be diagnosed with…
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Improving the health of older people
When pharmaceutical companies do clinical trials, people over the age of 70 are often excluded. It’s…
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Using big data to drive big change
From monitoring the effectiveness of surgical interventions to AI-assisted diagnostics, researchers are seeing new ways for…
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Warning signs in children to lifelong mental health
Combining data from multiple agencies has helped researchers identify children at risk of developing mental disorders.…
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Improving stroke care
Data linkage is helping researchers learn more about what happens to patients before, during and after…
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Health beyond bars: a data-driven approach
Investing in the health of people released from prison can simultaneously improve their wellbeing and avoid…